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Virginia's Tenth Grade Standards

Strand / Topic: World Geography

WG.1 Standard / Strand:

The student will use maps, globes, photographs, and pictures in order to

WG.1a) Indicator / Standard:

Obtain geographical information and apply the concepts of location, scale, and orientation;

WG.1b) Indicator / Standard:

Develop and refine his or her mental maps of world regions;

WG.1c) Indicator / Standard:

Create and compare political, physical, and thematic maps;

WG.1d) Indicator / Standard:

Analyze and explain how different cultures develop different perspectives on the world and its problems;

WG.1e) Indicator / Standard:

Recognize different map projections and explain the concept of distortion.

WG.2 Standard / Strand:

The student will analyze how selected physical and ecological processes shape the Earth's surface by

WG.2a) Indicator / Standard:

Identifying regional climatic patterns and weather phenomena and their effects on people and places;

WG.2b) Indicator / Standard:

Describing how humans influence the environment and are influenced by it;

WG.2c) Indicator / Standard:

Explaining how technology affects one's ability to modify the environment and adapt to it.

WG.3 Standard / Strand:

The student will apply the concept of a region by

WG.3a) Indicator / Standard:

Explaining how characteristics of regions have led to regional labels;

WG.3b) Indicator / Standard:

Explaining how regional landscapes reflect cultural characteristics of their inhabitants;

WG.3c) Indicator / Standard:

Analyzing how cultural characteristics, including the world's major languages and religions, link or divide regions.

WG.4 Standard / Strand: The student will locate and analyze physical, economic, and cultural characteristics of world regions

Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, United States and Canada, North Africa and Southwest Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands, and Antarctica.

WG.5 Standard / Strand:

The student will compare and contrast the distribution, growth rates, and characteristics of human population in terms of settlement patterns and the location of natural and capital resources.

WG.6 Standard / Strand:

The student will analyze past and present trends in human migration and cultural interaction as they are influenced by social, economic, political, and environmental factors.

WG.7 Standard / Strand:

The student will identify natural, human, and capital resources and explain their significance by

WG.7a) Indicator / Standard:

Showing patterns of economic activity and land use;

WG.7b) Indicator / Standard:

Evaluating perspectives and consequences regarding the use of resources.

WG.8 Standard / Strand:

The student will distinguish between developed and developing countries and relate the level of economic development to the standard of living and quality of life.

WG.9 Standard / Strand:

The student will analyze the global patterns and networks of economic interdependence by

WG.9a) Indicator / Standard:

Identifying criteria that influence economic activities;

WG.9b) Indicator / Standard:

Explaining comparative advantage and its relationship to international trade;

WG.9c) Indicator / Standard:

Describing ways that economic and social interactions have changed over time;

WG.9d) Indicator / Standard:

Describing and evaluating the formation of economic unions.

WG.10 Standard / Strand:

The student will analyze how the forces of conflict and cooperation affect the division and control of the Earth's surface by

WG.10a) Indicator / Standard:

Explaining and analyzing reasons for the different spatial divisions at the local and regional levels;

WG.10b) Indicator / Standard:

Explaining and analyzing the different spatial divisions at the national and international levels;

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